Early California mail bag / [editors, Edgar B. Jessup, M.C. Nathan, and Henry H. Clifford].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Book Club of California, issuing body, publisher.

Pearce, Basil C., author.

Contributor:

Jessup, Edgar B., editor.

Clifford, Henry H., editor.

Nathan, M. C. (Mel C.), editor.

Grabhorn Press, book designer, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1960.

Series of keepsakes ; 1960

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postal service--California--History.

Postal service.

Express service--California--History.

Express service.

History.

California.

Genre:

History.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Slipcases (Binding)

Keepsakes.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 portfolio (12 folders) : portrait, facsimiles ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

The 40 [cent] rate period to California : the "stampless" covers. 1

Adams & Company : first large organized Western express company and its successors. 2

Samuel M. Langton : California's greatest independent expressman. 3

Pioneer expressmen : Hunter & Co.'s Express, Everts & Co.'s Express and successors. 4

Todd, Reynolds, and related companies. 5

Gregory's Express, Berford & Co.'s Express. 6

The Pony Express. 7

Overland Mail. 8

Wells, Fargo & Co. 9

Early California local mail. 10

Outside the mails : via Nicaragua, via Panama. 11

Ocean mail : to the Pacific coast. 12

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco, California] : The Society, 1960.

Contents:

The 40 [cent] rate period to California : the "stampless" covers / Basil C. Pearce

Adams & Company : first large organized Western express company and its successors / M.C. Nathan

Samuel M. Langton : California's greatest independent expressman / M.C. Nathan

Pioneer expressmen : Hunter & Co.'s Express, Everts & Co.'s Express and successors / Henry H. Clifford

Todd, Reynolds, and related companies / Henry H. Clifford

Gregory's Express, Berford & Co.'s Express / Henry H. Clifford

The Pony Express / Edgar B. Jessup

Overland Mail / Basil C. Pearce

Wells, Fargo & Co. / M.C. Nathan

Early California local mail / M.C. Nathan

Outside the mails : via Nicaragua, via Panama / Basil C. Pearce

Ocean Mail : to the Pacific coast / Edgar B. Jessup.

Notes:

Issued in a slip case.

"This series of keepsakes, distributed to its members by The Book Club of California, 1960, consists of twelve folders and a table of contents. Each folder deals with some phase of California mail during the Gold Rush Period. Editors are Edgar B. Jessup, M.C. Nathan, and Henry H. Clifford. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, is designing and printing the series."--Colophon of each folder.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy imperfect: without table of contents and slip case.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy housed in manila envelope with manuscript title ("BCC EARLY CALIFORNIA MAIL BAGS 1960") in ink and note ("C 1513 AA") in pencil.

Cited in:

Olmsted, Duncan H. Seventy years: a checklist of Book Club publications, 1914-1983, XXIV (page 51-52)

OCLC:

4579637